Commercial Finance Business Analyst

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Commercial Finance Business AnalystFull-timeCompany DescriptionABOUT AVERY DENNISON CORPORATIONAvery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) is a global leader in labeling and packaging materials and solutions. The company’s applications and technologies are an integral part of products used in every major market and industry. With operations in more than 50 countries and more than 25,000 employees worldwide, Avery Dennison serves customers with insights and innovations that help make brands more inspiring and the world more intelligent. Headquarters in Glendale, California.   Learn more at www.averydennison.com.Job DescriptionABOUT YOUR ROLE:Scope and general purpose of the role: Overall Commercial and FP&A support to Middle East/Africa (MEA) Business and Region. Actively support the Commercial and Sales teams with commercial guidance. Custodian of BI development and related data integrity/maintenance. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:MONTH-END CLOSING:  (10%)Submit weekly sales orders in HFM on time as requiredUpdate monthly rebates and discounts workings or perform review if prepared by others. Track sales discount agreements and arrange for credit note processing at designated contract time. Perform designated expense review (eg. samples) and raise appropriate accruals where expenses are missing or reallocate expenses where required. Submit regional flash reporting for Reflective and Tapes division and review final results for both Supplementary information preparation and submission to SSO.General support to the SSO during month end activities, in order to achieve HFM submission on day 3Update sales information for Global customer scorecardsFP & A SUPPORT:  (20%)Update of various regionally assigned monthly and quarterly reporting schedules Prepare financial smartview templates for inclusion in the MBR presentation deckAssume responsibility for monthly regional reporting requirements including, but not limited to:Flash report during financial closing week for responsible BU’sPulse report during 3rd week of the month for responsible BU’sGM Scorecard (pricing updates)Rolling forecast preparationPreparation of first draft of the Business Review presentation deck and circulate to responsible persons for commentsPerform commercial regional and local reporting as requiredEnsure team keeps to regional timelines in terms of monthly reportingAttend regional FP&A meetings/calls as and when requiredResponsible for all regional reporting for the Reflective and Tapes businessesFORECAST, ANNUAL BUDGET AND STRATPLAN:  (Ad-Hoc  10%)Assume accountability for monthly sales forecast file, and associated commercial trackers.Prepare schedules and reports required for annual budget packContribute towards preparation of presentation deck and reviewsPreparation and upload of HFM data (Reflective and Tapes)Stratplan: Support with assigned responsibilities as part of Stratplan process, focussing on Industry and price related updatesBUSINESS INTELLIGENCE:  (15%)Manage Cognos (data warehouse) updates and uploads including data preparation and data reconciliationUpdate sales data required by the commercial team, (Eg. Sales Pivot file, DataStudio, etc)Develop reports as requested by internal customersOversee and review  PLT reporting and PLT Data IntegrityAssume responsibility for all sales and commercial reportingReview master data integrity (BI driver)COMMERCIAL BUSINESS PARTNERING:  (35%)Review and update price change requestPerform workings and support for price change decisionsProactively review SKU profitability and discussions with Sales teamFinance and Commercial related support to the Sales TeamsFlag risk areas of low margins, pricing anomalies, etcProvide proactive commercial insights and feedback to ManagementIdentify, interpret and advise on the impact of costs changesGENERAL:  (10%)Provide support for stock take as and when requiredSupport during statutory...